With the threat of showers heading our way and
expected to arrive around 1000 o'clock, thirty six players showed up and
played one heck of a game. While it looked like a lopsided early on, the
outcome was not determined until the last batter came to the
plate.
The hitting team of Herbie O, Zelazny, Witmer,
DeRidder, Matta,Simon, Thompson, Moots, Hartley, Miller, Mills, and Baker were
managed by Jeff Simon. They started strong and built a solid lead through the
first four innings..While establishing the lead, one could sense disaster
coming as their run production went from three in the first, to two in the
second, one in the third, down to zero in the fourth. The big hits being
a homer by Zelazny, a triple by Witmer, and a double by Hartley
The Kirk Coffman managed sitting team of
Coffman, Dampier, Butler, Finnegan, Ayers, Lopez, Kline, Marinancci, Wells,
Terry Smith, and Merritt went three and out in the first and third innings,
while scoring one in the second and fourth. Two doubles by Reg Finnegan
provided the power.
The fielding team managed by Steve Hill
consisted of Regan, S Hill, Giordano, Scarbrough, Davis, Marino, D. Hill, J
Smith, McPatlan, Fabian, Taylor, and Morley. In the first inning, Scarbrough
had a triple to score two and then scored on a Marino single. They went three
and out in the second and third, and then erupted for five in the fourth. They
did this with six singles and a double by D Hill. So going into the fifth
inning the score was Team Hill 8, Team Simon 6, and Team Coffman
2.
In the fifth inning, Team Simon responded with
four runs to retake the lead. Gerry DeRitter's triple drove in three of the
runs. Not wanting to fall farther behind, Team Coffman was unable to score
despite hitting four singles.Team Hill managed one run as Bobby Reagan had a
lead off home run. In the sixth, Team Simon went four and out, while Team
Coffman got right back into the game with three runs as Reg Finnegan hit a
hard shot in the gap for a triple. Team Hill managed to score one lonely
run.
With the scored tied between Teams Simon and
Hill and Team Coffman a scant five runs behind it was anyone's game.
Unfortunately for Team Simon it was a three and out inning so they took the
field trying to save at least a tie. Team Coffman got their first two batters
on and were looking pretty good for making a run at the leaders when the
wheels came off. They failed to score leaving the bases loaded. Team Hill
started the seventh with their first two batters making outs. These were
followed by a single by S Hill. Needing a lone run to win, you know nothing
was going to stop "the rocket" if the ball gets out of the infield. Giordano
did not disappoint as he hit one to the grass and Steve motored around the
bases to secure the victory.
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